MADRAS — The remains of Pfc. Thomas Tucker were returned to Madras, his hometown, on Monday afternoon.

Tucker, 25, was one of two U.S. soldiers captured in an attack south of Baghdad earlier this month and killed under what American and Iraqi officials said were brutal circumstances.

His remains had been at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for DNA testing and identification.

They were flown to Redmond and transported to a funeral home in Madras, said Kay Fristad, an Oregon National Guard spokeswoman for the Tucker family.

She said the Army had planned a flight to Portland but changed its plan Monday in favor of a more direct flight to Redmond, about 30 miles south of Madras.

A community memorial service is planned at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds Expo Center in Redmond.

Tucker and Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, vanished after an attack in the “Triangle of Death’’ south of Baghdad. A third soldier, Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., was killed during the attack.

Menchaca’s returns were also returned to his relatives on Monday.